Wednesday, May 29, 2013

EDIT - 6/2/13: Somehow I goofed on this VisDare's linky tool. It closes at midnight Sunday, and I do not know how to fix this without eliminating all the posts already up. PLEASE KNOW that the prompt is still "live" until midnight Tuesday EST (June 4th). If you want to post after the linky closes, feel free to post the title and a link to your page in the comments. Or post the whole thing in the comments (if it's 150 or less). Sorry for any confusion!!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I don't know why I've been drawn to the darker photos lately. It probably has to do with my writing Welsan's story, which centers on a man who harvests souls for a living...until the day one of those harvests goes terribly awry.

Research for this book has, naturally, prompted me to research various burial and funeral traditions, as well as how different cultures view death, etc. Story-writing aside, it's an interesting bit of research, and it's churned up some fascinating ideas for me (as a writer) to ponder.

So I guess it stands to reason that the below photo really grabbed me when I found it this past week. It went straight to the top of the VisDare queue, and here it is --- for your flash fiction writing pleasure.

What can you make of this particular scene? Is it necessarily horrific? Symbolic? A moment of unexpected hope?

You know the rules --- 150 words or less!*

New to the VisDare? Rules below!!

* (Unless you're J B Lacaden, in which case it's more like the pirate's guidelines, and you're welcome to write a novel from this photo prompt, too. Hahaha!)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Sincelast week's VisDare introduced a humongous fish, and so many of you gave such great whimsical "fish tale" twists on the photo, I kept with a ocean theme this week as well. This is great for you add-on storytellers, but if you do poetry or one-off creations I think this one works just as well.

And with this being finals week, I am slowly emerging back into an online presence, including more regular comments on VisDare entries. It's been a wild few weeks --- thank you for being patient with me!!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Made it back home from North Carolina just in time to post the next VisDare.

I am absolutely going to bed as soon as I hit "publish," but I am also very excited to see what it is this particular photo sparks in way of VisDare entries. It's one of my favorite photos, and has been for a while.

New to the VisDare? Check out the rules below....!

*falls over into a deep and dreamless sleep atop her computer* Zzzzzzzz......